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About this Item

Title

  • Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution

Summary

  • Moore, librarian of the New York Historical Society, discusses the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War -- the wrangling over whether to allow black troops to be armed and to fight, especially in the southern states -- and the formation of black units from both northern and southern colonies.

Names

  • Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892.
  • Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Charles T. Evans..., 1862.

Headings

  • -  African-American soldiers
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Recat. to AACR2: vj36 06-30-99; copies 1-3 NOS 02-08-2000
  • -  LAC scc 2020-03-06 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E269.N3 M8
  • E449 .D16 vol. 24, no. 6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02003395

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Moore, George Henry, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection, and Marian S. Carson Collection. Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution. New York: Charles T. Evans, 1862. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02003395/.

APA citation style:

Moore, G. H., Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection & Marian S. Carson Collection. (1862) Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution. New York: Charles T. Evans. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02003395/.

MLA citation style:

Moore, George Henry, et al. Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution. New York: Charles T. Evans, 1862. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02003395/>.